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Join us for a fun couple of days cycling to raise awareness and funds for mental health research and local support initiatives. Leaving Townsville on Saturday morning to camp overnight at the Ayr Showgrounds and ...

Come and join the Townsville Cycle Club at Reid Park for Criterium racing. Dependent on numbers, competition is usually held across five senior grades (A, B, C, D & Ladies) and Junior age categories. Insurance ...

Growing up on a farm and heading straight into the army, when Rod Johnstone returned to civilian life and started his own construction business, his motivation for fitness dropped and the kilos crept on. That ...

With the flood of information, marketing, expert advice and well-meaning peer recommendations surrounding triathlon and cycling equipment and technology, it can be hard to know exactly what is a need and what you can do ...

Kyle Bridgwood was on an early-morning ride four years ago in Townsville when the Army private was hit by a car, severing the then 22-year-old’s patella tendon, fracturing his kneecap, and resulting in an acquired ...

Lizzie Wood moved to Townsville about 18 months ago, teaches Year Six at Townsville Grammar School and recently started cycling after a persistent knee injury stopped her playing touch football. But something that her students, ...

It’s not often that an event like Destination Trail comes around — pretty much a mountain biker’s version of paradise — so a group of female Townsville riders grabbed the opportunity by the handlebars last ...

Relatively new to Townsville from Brisbane and Central Queensland, Rik Cook and his family are immersing themselves in Townsville’s active lifestyle. With Rik working at Top Brand Cycles on the floor and as a specialist ...

Thanks to Graham Pemberton from Free Radicals Tri Club for supplying this report. Airlie Beach Triathlon maintained its reputation as one of the best races on the North Queensland calendar when triathletes from Townsville and ...

Aussie brain tumour kids need your help: Ask friends and colleagues to sponsor you for the Maxfit Mount Stuart Challenge on Saturday, September 5. You can either walk, jog, run, ride or shuffle the 10km ...

Come and see local World Champion Tony Mills attempt to break the current Townsville Cycle Club Hour Record on Saturday, August 22. Starting at 6.30pm at the Townsville Velodrome, there will be a barbecue and ...

Ranked the second fastest man in Australia on a penny farthing bicycle, Townsville rider Sam Tully will be pedalling his penny — with no gears and no brakes — 90km between Bowen and Collinsville (and ...

Those who’ve done a charity ride may be able to relate to this, but instead of hundreds of kilometres over a weekend, try 19,000km over six years. That’s what Canadian fire department captain and cancer ...

Visit the National Museum of Australia’s collection store during this digital presentation and hear senior curator Daniel Oakman talk about some of the interesting and historical objects that haven’t travelled with the exhibition.

International trial-bike showman Borys Zagrocki will defy gravity in the school holidays as part of the Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia travelling exhibition that the Museum of Tropical Queensland is hosting. Borys has two Australian Elite ...

Celebrating style, sophistication and sustainability, join the Townsville Bicycle User’s Group for a leisurely cycle through town. Oh, and prepare to dress-up to the nines – it’s a black tie event. Bow-ties are fascinators are ...

The Townsville Triathlon Festival’s six events in two days has drawn to a close leaving everyone from children to Goers in their 70s with medals and fond memories. Yesterday (Sunday) marked the biggest day of ...

Calling all appreciators of the bicycle: This exhibition captures the spirit and the passion surrounding cycling, and the machines that have made this possible. From the introduction of the first human-powered, wheeled vehicle known as ...

When Mike Prentice was racing in the Ironman World Championships in the 1980s aerodynamic helmets didn’t exist, his Raleigh bike weighed as much as a small child, his wife Wendy had sewn his jersey, and ...

What are your plans for this weekend? Mother’s Day? Groovin The Moo? Or riding with some of us from Run ‘N’ Ride, Liv Cycling Australia and Live Life Cycling Adventures? We are putting an open invitation to anyone who would ...

Learn to pedal like a champion and become as efficient as you can on your bike through these Wattbike sessions – a new addition to Townsville. Developed in association with British Cycling, endorsed by Cycling ...